Health agency chief says unvaccinated people account for 92 pct COVID-19 deaths this year in India
STORY: Health agency chief says unvaccinated people account for 92 pct COVID-19 deaths this year in India
DATELINE: March 4, 2022
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LOCATION: New Delhi
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Chief of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Balram Bhargava said on Thursday that unvaccinated people account for 92 percent of COVID-19 deaths so far this year in India.
"During 2022, unvaccinated individuals were 92 percent responsible for all the deaths," he told a press briefing.
Quoting a study on the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in preventing mortality, Bhargava said the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine is 98.9 percent effective and if both doses are given, the effectiveness is 99.3 percent.
V.K. Paul, member of think-tank National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog (commission), said vaccines have played a vital role in the fight against COVID-19.
"It is evident that vaccines and the wide vaccination coverage have pl
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